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Haftarah Bereishis: Israel will survive (Al Aqsa) Floods and even the fires of internal strife
Who is it that 'has eyes but does not see, ears but does not hear"?
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11 months, 4 weeks ago
Parshas Bereishis: The world was created for a UNITED Klal Yisroel
In a Jewish world with unbridgeable divisions, we must be alert to divinely-sent "opportunities that pass"
11 months, 4 weeks ago
The Strage history of Hoshanah Rabbah in the Temple: TheWillow vs. the Palm Frond ( הַלּוּלָב שֶׁנִּפְרְדוּ עָלָיו)
What is the meaning of striking the ground?
1 year ago
The Chasam Sofer, the Yad haMelech, and the "overused" esrog. Haredi vs. Maskilic notions of aesthetics
Intra-Jewish ideological politics underneath the dry discourse of the responsa literature
1 year ago
נִעֲנוּעִים: The ritual of lulav-waving and its contemporary relevance in the year 5786 (2025)
Warding-off the dangers from literally all directions. In both the personal life, and in the life of the Jewish People
1 year ago
Sukkos 2025: What's with the strange ritual of פָּרֵי הַחַג?
It is not enoughto embrace monotheism. The monotheism has to include a כְּלַל יִשְׂרָאֵל as the עַם הַנִּבְחָר (even thoughthey don't seem to fit the…
1 year ago
Today is the (English) anniversary of the Yom Kippur War of 1973, another conflict in which Israel was surprise-attacked
The challenge of constantly evaluating the enemy, not by his intentions, but by his capabilities!
1 year ago
The Four Minim and the Wars of Sichon and Og: A Different take on the אַרְבָּעָה מִינִים
Lulav - the spears
Esrog - the food
Hadassim - the "roofs" of the foxholes
Aravos - ditto
לְפִי שִׁיטַת הָ"רוֹקֵחַ" ב "סֻכּוֹת מַמָּשׁ"
1 year ago
A Different Understanding of the Holiday of Sukkos
It commemorates events that happened in Tishrei, not Nissan (acc. to R Akiva)
1 year ago
Sukkos: The Symbolism of the sukkah under a tree
Sukkah = Jewish Survival in Galus (Branches detached from the soil)
Tree = Rootedness in the soil
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1 year ago